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Personal vs. Work/Free Server?

Posted by Cliff on from the your-property-or-theirs dept.

akutz asks: "I am sure many of you have asked yourselves this question before: do I run my own server, or take advantage of my employer's hardware and/or free online hosts? I recently brought my own personal server online that provides web, e-mail, source control, and directory services for myself. I like the warm snuggly feeling that all my data is on my box and it is mine, mine, mine. However, I have also just burdened myself with maintaining a server when my employer, The University of Texas at Austin, has plenty of servers that I could use for this very purpose. There are also plenty of free services online that do this, such as Gmail and Sourceforge. So the question is, which is better, running your own server or letting someone else do it for you?"

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  1. The question is... by grub · · Score: 4, Funny


    ... are you a geek or an end user?

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    Trolling is a art,
  2. My thoughts on the issue by green+pizza · · Score: 5, Funny

    I debated this very same issue, you can read my thought on it at my homepage:

    http://www.cocacola.com/~robert

    1. Re:My thoughts on the issue by grub · · Score: 2, Funny

      ya dick, I fell for it. :)

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      Trolling is a art,
    2. Re:My thoughts on the issue by blurfus · · Score: 1, Funny

      Hahaha, me too
      only to realize the joke onMouseUp()... (e.g. immediately after clicking on it)
      good one

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      will work for Karma
  3. Re:LAME by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    No, no, he asked about what server solution he should be using, not how he should encode his MP3s...

  4. Re:employee handbook by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dear sir, I am very interested in your Mexican squirrel-love vacation photos, and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

  5. Re:Its root that matters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yeah, root is wonderful! I run Gentoo, and when I want X, I just $emerge X, so instead of waiting 2 weeks.... oh.